Jan 21, 2026
Workforce Development Signing Ceremony at CONEXPO-CON/AGG Highlights Three Employee Levels
BY AsphaltPro Staff
Reliable Asphalt Products partners with AsphaltPro Magazine and Rogers Group Inc. to magnify workforce development
Shelbyville, KY — Reliable Asphalt Products, Inc., a leading original equipment manufacturer and plant consultant for the asphalt industry, invites members of the press and others to attend a special Workforce Development Signing Ceremony at booth C32804 during the upcoming CONEXPO-CON/AGG tradeshow taking place March 3-7, 2026, in Las Vegas.
To celebrate Rogers Group, Inc. (RGI), Nashville, Tennessee, and its commitment to fostering an ongoing workforce of safe and engaged asphalt employees, Reliable Asphalt Products has worked with AsphaltPro Magazine, Fayette, Missouri, to prepare a ceremony to honor three pillars of our industry’s workforce paradigm:
- A new hire
- A newly promoted worker
- A retiring veteran senior manager.
Join company executives at Reliable Asphalt Products’ booth C32804 in the central hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, Wednesday, March 4, at 9:30 a.m. RGI and Reliable Asphalt Products will share the booth’s stage to stress the importance of welcoming new members to our industry while validating and honoring the advancing and retiring members of our industry.
“We’re hosting this signing ceremony for Rogers Group on our stage in our booth to applaud one of their new hires, one of their promoted employees, and a manager retiring after five decades of service,” said Reliable Asphalt Products CEO Charles Grote. “We’re proud to be partners with Rogers Group to facilitate their business and to celebrate their people.”
With labor shortages impeding progress throughout all construction sectors, recruiting qualified candidates, specifically to enter the asphalt paving and production industries, has taken center stage for multiple trade associations. The asphalt industry has a multitude of ideas for bringing new workers to the family, but giving them a high-profile signing ceremony hasn’t been nationally publicized yet. Reliable Asphalt Products is proud to facilitate that event with AsphaltPro and RGI.
“At AsphaltPro Magazine, we’re not just reporting on the asphalt industry—we’re shaping the conversation,” said AsphaltPro Magazine Publisher Christian Harrison. “Our audience counts on us for the latest insights, innovations and solutions that keep America’s roads moving. This ceremony is such an innovation. It’s something we’ve not seen in the asphalt industry before and is a moment to recognize and welcome new hires the way sports teams welcome new players. Publicizing this is key to letting the workforce know that our industry is ready to celebrate them, embrace them, help them advance, and tap into their vast institutional knowledge before they retire.”
Members of the press are invited to attend the Workforce Development Signing Ceremony as part of their CONEXPO-CON/AGG coverage, Wednesday, March 4, from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. in the Reliable Asphalt Products booth C32804 in the central hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. No livestream will be available.
About Rogers Group, Inc.
Founded in 1908, Rogers Group, Inc. is the largest privately owned construction aggregates company in the United States. Headquartered in Nashville, TN, RGI provides crushed stone, sand, gravel, and asphalt for infrastructure projects across multiple states, with a focus on quality, safety, and community engagement.
About Reliable Asphalt Products
Reliable Asphalt Products, Inc. was founded in 2001 with the goal to provide equipment and services to every asphalt plant customer. Located in Shelbyville, Kentucky, Reliable Asphalt Products, Inc is the hot-mix asphalt industry’s most comprehensive asphalt plant equipment supplier worldwide; with the highest standards of quality, excellence, and reliability.
About AsphaltPro
AsphaltPro Magazine, Fayette, Missouri, is the premier, technical, how-to trade publication for the asphalt industry. With a staff boasting more than 100 years combined industry experience, AsphaltPro Magazine brings topics relevant to a niche industry’s business and bottom line 11 times a year in print and digital editions, plus 50 weekly toolbox tip e-newsletters to help tailor tailgate talks and safety meetings for paving and production crews. The team also offers an online training course for new members of the team. Visit www.TheAsphaltPro.com to learn more and subscribe.